Gambling Board Discusses 15th Casino License

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gaming board officials are hearing from state police investigators who reviewed the applications from three companies seeking the state's last available riverboat casino license.

Louisiana's Gaming Control Board met Wednesday in Baton Rouge.

The projects proposed would be in either Jefferson Parish or Lake Charles.

St. Gabriel Downs LLC is seeking to build a casino in Lake Charles, with a $167 million first phase. Creative Casinos LLC also is targeting the Lake Charles market with a propos

ed $400 million project called Mojito Pointe.

Penn National Gaming Inc. is proposing a second casino in the New Orleans suburb of Harvey, called Hollywood Casino, with a first phase costing $145 million.

State law limits the number of riverboat casinos to 15.